The best thing is it's named after how loopy and long its reproductive organs are
@dangerousbutterknife6417
3 ай бұрын
@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths The fact that "Hotwheels" is a recognized genus fills me with a very strong emotion, but I don't know which one.
@fireballninja01
3 ай бұрын
yeah we are never getting any better or worse than Hotwheels sisyphus
@lerquian1970
2 ай бұрын
@@Sepi-chu_loves_mothsand how they keep getting longer to out compete the opposite gender
@Flesh_Wizard
2 ай бұрын
"you shall do as an appetizer"
@therobotFrom94
3 ай бұрын
the fact that the first classified dinosaur fossil was originally called 'Scrotum Humanum' cannot be forgotten. peak shitpost naming right there
@zzineohp
3 ай бұрын
The story behind it is a very good one, but I tried not to include obsolete names.
@F0g_
3 ай бұрын
69 likes, nice
@connormunro-flanagan2078
2 ай бұрын
Glad someone said it before me. I first learned about scrotum humanum from the guy who named Irritator challengeri, who was all too eager to talk about vulgar names...
@heichan8657
2 ай бұрын
i mean, if you have no knowledge on fossils, bones amd anything at all that does look like a pair of well that
@suhnih4076
2 ай бұрын
💀
@vytah
3 ай бұрын
There's a fungus called Spongiforma squarepantsii.
@carl8703
3 ай бұрын
WHO LIVES IN MALAYSIA UNDER A TREE! (SPONGIFORMA SQUAREPANTSII!)
@goldenspade5993
3 ай бұрын
RUBBERY AND ORANGE AND ODOROUS IS HE! (SPONGIFORMA SQUAREPANTSII!!)
@AchyParts
3 ай бұрын
IF FUNGAL NONSENSE BE SOMETHING YE WISH! (SPONGIFORMIA SQUAREPANTSII!!!)
@secondbeamship
3 ай бұрын
We need someone to create the "Amongii" genus after the Among Us crew mates.
@OasisOnPaws
3 ай бұрын
@@secondbeamship “Helix Imposterus”
@Tsukasa_fan
3 ай бұрын
“Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla” is so fucking funny for no reason
@notafraidofchange
2 ай бұрын
Reminds me of an argument between Tarzan and the bad guy from the movie when he’s trying to teach Tarzan English and ascertain the location of the gorillas.
@magnumbeans8030
2 ай бұрын
@@notafraidofchangeGo-ril-las!
@NahMyTurn
2 ай бұрын
"Wild Wild Horse" and "Spotted Spotted Panther" are also up there
@bowelstreak
2 ай бұрын
i think the reason is that it’s repeated three times
@NicholasHEADSHOT
2 ай бұрын
Gorilla³
@arlesluna5001
2 ай бұрын
There's a species of frog that was discovered in Colombia and was named Allobates Niputidea. The name comes from the Spanish expression "Ni puta idea" which means No f*cking clue because they weren't sure how to name it.
@polymations
2 ай бұрын
💀
@woodfur00
2 ай бұрын
Idk how English-speaking biologists typically pronounce that but it could plausibly be "nipple tiddia" and I think that's worth points
@jenv.7995
Ай бұрын
Actually, their justification is even funnier. It reads “it’s the common saying in spannish taxonomist use when reviewing small, brown frogs like the one presented here” or something among those lines
@entguarde
Ай бұрын
Waiting for the day an animal comes out with the name Hijoeputa (hijo de puta)
@e.s.r5809
3 ай бұрын
My biggest issue with video game creature names is that they are far too helpful and descriptive. Even assuming biologists didn't get to this exoplanet first, earth's common animal names include "forest man", "weaver in yellow jacket", and of course the "iunno". If biologists DID get there first, we'd have a whole new planet of "horrible bear bear", "I don't know what lizard this is but I found it in Mongolia", and "weird shrimp thing I named after my pal".
@metarcee2483
2 ай бұрын
Pokemon's recent games are pretty good about having names that make sense for the animal without being super obvious.
@StuffandThings_
2 ай бұрын
Not to mention the "I swear this thing _looks_ like a fish, its probably not but I'll go with it"
@HungerGamesFan00
2 ай бұрын
"uhhhh... fuck if I know. all I can tell is it looks like a dick"
@Bismarck-S
2 ай бұрын
I prefer the old Pokemon names, they were much less descriptive, “Golem”.
@Shifsabre
2 ай бұрын
When my brother first played No Man's Sky, he found a tall plant species the game named "Reallonghite", that cracked him up something fierce
@adam1442
3 ай бұрын
you forgot hotwheels sisyphus
@HugoStuff
3 ай бұрын
Of course, named for the shape of its balls.
@Neukend
3 ай бұрын
i know what vid you took this from =D
@tessabakker662
2 ай бұрын
Dangit! You beat me to it. Ah well, there is always MinosPhrime.
@Autism3.0
2 ай бұрын
Ahh, 3 at last
@Anonymous37980
2 ай бұрын
I think both names have to be Latin for it to count
@louimmature
3 ай бұрын
Crazy naming something BAZINGA like arent you a scientist lock in
@funky555
2 ай бұрын
scientists are all jsut grown up nerds what do u expect lmfao
@kristinborn8882
18 күн бұрын
either you're smart, or you're creative
@arandomidiot1593
7 күн бұрын
Euglossa bazinga says hi.
@JohnSmith-of2gu
3 ай бұрын
Bruh naming skunks after a goddess of poison gas isn't sucky it is METAL. Also linguists should be forbidden from making jokes about "labia" sounding lewd, on punishment of being forbidden from using bilabial or labiodental consonants for a week.
@hydrochloric007
3 ай бұрын
The -ial suffix at least disguises it
@zzineohp
3 ай бұрын
@@JohnSmith-of2gu I can lith without those
@enricobianchi4499
3 ай бұрын
unless of course you articulate them with actual labia
@Bread_Lock
3 ай бұрын
@@enricobianchi4499 cursed
@smergthedargon8974
3 ай бұрын
@@zzineohp You used a w - detention!!
@kormagogthedestroyer
2 ай бұрын
There is a beetle called “tyrannasorus rex”, not to be confused with the dinosaur. I find that too funny
@ythegamerita
4 күн бұрын
Now for the real question, would you prefer fighting a tyrannasorus Rex, or a tyrannosaurus rex
@subday5811
2 ай бұрын
little chief nipple twister feels like a very personal name
@gretablackwell495
3 ай бұрын
Special shout-out to the American robin, because the Latin name’s meaning is perfectly fine (translates to “migratory thrush”) but _Turdus migratorius_ sounds like it was chosen by a bunch of middle schoolers
@dipping9432
2 ай бұрын
Tibetan blackbird, Turdus maximus
@bacicinvatteneaca
2 ай бұрын
Tordo is still the name for that kind of bird in Italian (the latin S was retracted like in soanish, and so at the end of syllables/words it often turned into an approximant like if does in many variants of spanish, like cuban spanish; and the vowels split from 5 vowels with two variants each to 7 individual vowels, giving short u > o)
@radioactivated
2 ай бұрын
Turdus ignobilis debilis
@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514
Ай бұрын
This made me snicker like a 3rd grader @@dipping9432
@arandomidiot1593
7 күн бұрын
@@dipping9432that sounds like a second grade insult
@Kammerliteratur
3 ай бұрын
You're missing the most hilarious scientific names by excluding plants and fungi. Phallus impudicus, just saying.
@ratpolaris
3 ай бұрын
Amorphophallus yaoi my beloved
@cinnarollinq
2 ай бұрын
@@ratpolarisYAOI⁉️⁉️
@diarmuidkuhle8181
2 ай бұрын
And it absolutely does look like one.
@ratpolaris
2 ай бұрын
@@cinnarollinq ITS REAL LOOK IT UP
@StuffandThings_
2 ай бұрын
Don't forget about... _Clitoria fragrans_
@south452
3 ай бұрын
Mini mum, Mini ature, and Mini scule. All frogs discovered by one guy. They sure are mini :] maybe not the worst Latin name but the guy who brought us these frogs is an actual genius and deserves all the praise and love for them
@Vinvininhk
3 ай бұрын
Are these species names or Pokemon names?
@south452
3 ай бұрын
@@Vinvininhk to be honest I wouldn’t bat an eye if they were Pokémon since this is pretty much how their names are structured, atleast in recent gens, but it is just one guy who had the power to do the funniest possible thing and took it
@ErebusTheDragonn
2 ай бұрын
Are those the ones where the same guy found the smallest, then found another smaller one, then an even smaller one?
@Pikminman1000
2 ай бұрын
Okay but these are amazing
@felixmakesart
2 ай бұрын
Dr Mark D Scherz is the herpetologist responsible for those names! He’s a legend!
@ErebusTheDragonn
2 ай бұрын
“Parapropalaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont is one of my favorites. It’s named after “Propalaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont named after “Palaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont named after “Hoplophorus”. Interestingly, all four seem to not be that closely related.
@mrkyurem5499
2 ай бұрын
So it's like "parallel to the one before the old Hoplophorus" or something? Holy shit.
@goldnnn_goji
6 күн бұрын
um excuse me what the actual fu-
@mileshunter6978
3 ай бұрын
theres a genus of beetles called gelae with species named gelae rol, gelae fish, gelae baen, gelae donut, and gelae belae
@k0valus585
2 ай бұрын
perfect
@TheBelovedBun
2 ай бұрын
“Gelae Belae” makes me think of the fucking Jelly Belly pet rat video and it pisses me off so I think this one wins.
@Abby_Liu
2 ай бұрын
No gelae eel 😔
@elishafollet5347
11 күн бұрын
What does galae mean?
@arandomidiot1593
7 күн бұрын
@@TheBelovedBunSAME. I CAN HEAR IT IN MY HEAD
@nuniyoa
3 ай бұрын
there's a clade of fish called "Smegmamorpha" 👎
@thatoneguy5071
2 ай бұрын
There are also bacteria carrying the name 'smegmatis'. Guess how they were discovered 🥴
@redneckchemistry
2 ай бұрын
A quick search shows this is probably wrong
@nuniyoa
2 ай бұрын
@@redneckchemistry omg i spelled it wrong 😭i meant Smegmamorpha
@ferretyluv
2 ай бұрын
That fish is definitely not smegma shaped.
@ironicdivinemandatestan4262
3 ай бұрын
There's also the tardigrade _Neostygarctus lovedeluxe_ because even the most esteemed halls of academia aren't safe from JoJo references.
@steponkusceponas4085
2 ай бұрын
So jojo has infiltrated the louvre and now taxonomy? What's next, a statue of the joestars in hague???
@mailcs06
2 ай бұрын
I feel like this shouldn’t be surprising due to many scientists being nerds.
@chibiNATHA
2 ай бұрын
Love Deluxe is also the name of the critically acclaimed album by musician Sade
@Henrex2000
2 ай бұрын
@@chibiNATHAthe stand is named after the album
@cheese135...9
2 ай бұрын
Even tardigrades are jojo references😭 lmao I'm not even surprised
@SaurianCYH
2 ай бұрын
The name of the pterosaur Meilifeilong youhao means "✨💖BEAUTIFUL FLYING DRAGON OF FRIENDSHIP💖✨"
@joyuna
2 ай бұрын
Awww 美丽飞龙 友好 uwu
@موسى_7
Ай бұрын
awesome
@elishafollet5347
11 күн бұрын
Now that's an awesome name right there
@Aaaaaaarrrpirate
7 күн бұрын
Chinese naming standards are a blessing in the palaeontology community, you go from micropachycephalosaurus (yes I know it doesn’t exist anymore let me have my fun) to yi qi. And beg. And beibeilong. Scrolling through Wikipedia I’ve found Shri and shixinggia too (they knew what they were doing with this one).
@SaurianCYH
6 күн бұрын
@@Aaaaaaarrrpirate Beg and Shri are actually Mongolian
@wellurban
3 ай бұрын
Coprosma foetidissima would have to be up there: “Dung-smelling really stinky”. It actually doesn’t smell that bad, but apparently when the leaves dry out it gets properly whiffy, so the botanists who first collected specimens must have got really sick of it.
@Wekulu
3 ай бұрын
You forgot about hotwheels sisyphus, the spider with reproductive organs as twisty as a hotwheels track
@nuniyoa
3 ай бұрын
here are some more! i absolutely LOVE collecting awful scientific names :D - puck (anglerfish) - manipulator (cockroach) - argentina (fish) - torpedo (fish) (note: this is an electric ray. there is a british torpedo called the stingray. it's so confusing) - dracula (flower) - bajacalifornia (fish) - metallica (beetle) - mini (frog) - sus (pig) - boops (fish) - eligma (moth) and, honorable mention because i can't remember the latin name: funny-looking buttface
@e.s.r5809
3 ай бұрын
Boops boops is one of my favourites! 😂 I also like the extinct Anomalocaris, aka "abnormal shrimp thingy". Named because its body plan was so confusing, it took 100 years to figure out what the fossil was even supposed to BE.
@mohawk4759
2 ай бұрын
@@e.s.r5809 Boops boops in a bucket
@TerpleDerp2600
2 ай бұрын
Of course there’s always Megaloblatta longipennis Not sure what it means in latin but it’s a big ass cockroach
@GelyelFish
20 күн бұрын
If the wrong person discovers an extinct hog, we WILL be stuck with Sus amogus.
@elishafollet5347
11 күн бұрын
Boops and mini sounds perfect for a frog and fish lol
@__josba
3 ай бұрын
My favorite genus is Dickinsonia, named after the guy who discovered it. But it can also mean... You know...
@mesozoicdecapodrevolution9979
3 ай бұрын
the species rex is literally Dickinsons King, kinda cool, not shit tho
@paleozoey
3 ай бұрын
not to be confused with Dicksonia, a living tree fern genus
@PixyEm
2 ай бұрын
Sonic fans smh
@ErebusTheDragonn
2 ай бұрын
There’s also Dicksonia!
@thedigitaldummy3098
2 ай бұрын
I now know someone’s favourite Danganronpa character…
@adamgrogory
3 ай бұрын
Animantarx is great but I think Invictarx zephyri = "Unconquerable fortress of the western wind" is absolutely fantastic too!
@hollowinside9511
2 ай бұрын
1:05 the fact that i could recognize not only the slug, but the dead leaves it crawled on (redwood trees)
@ferretyluv
2 ай бұрын
Well yeah, they’re the mascot of UC Santa Cruz for a reason.
@purecrystallized
3 ай бұрын
The mysterious dinner snake got me 😂😂😂
@plebeian3671
2 ай бұрын
favorite for me as well
@logy650
2 ай бұрын
“Aha ha” really sent me flying and it shouldn’t have.
@lirachonyr
3 ай бұрын
I am surprised I haven’t seen Crash Bandicoot mentioned in the video or comments. It is a species name of an extinct bandicoot relative. I know it is not in Latin, but it is a species name.
@_Sparky144
3 ай бұрын
I think the Pokemon references are pretty funny, like the 3 beetles named after Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. (Binburrum articuno, Binburrum moltres, and Binburrum zapdos)
@burner555
3 ай бұрын
There's also a cockroach species named after Pheromosa
@PixyEm
2 ай бұрын
it bothers me that you listed moltres second
@fariesz6786
3 ай бұрын
there was a mycologist called Georges Métrod who was namesake for a couple of mushroom species and everytime i see that name my brain reads it as Metroid
@PixyEm
2 ай бұрын
You sure that's not a komayto?
@fariesz6786
2 ай бұрын
@@PixyEm hmm.. _Komaytomyces puericari_ that does have a good ring to it
@RafalRacegPolonusSum
3 ай бұрын
Scientific latin is from outer space
@fariesz6786
3 ай бұрын
botanists be like: it _has_ to be Latin; you are allowed Greek-derived stems and you _may_ use names of real people as tribute but they _must_ be properly Latinised. zoologist be like: iunno, just make sure it's pronounceable in _some_ language
@GarryDumblowski
2 ай бұрын
I'd personally like to shout out _Chironex fleckeri,_ or "Flecker's hand of death". I guess it does fall into the "species name is some random scientist" trope but like... "Hand of death" is SO evocative.
@asierx7047
4 күн бұрын
DnD spell name
@italucenaz
2 ай бұрын
I find it absurd that one of the best scientific names is also atached to the coolest bat in existence but nobody mentions it. Vampyrum spectrum, specter of the vampire, a predatory bat that eats large insects and small vertebrates, including ither bats, it's one of the largest bats and have a face copy pasted from a random villanous bat from a fantasy show, idk why it wasn't even mentioned in the tierzoo video about bats
@Loreenatv
Ай бұрын
Not you putting controversial headliners under each celebrity name 💀 made me pause to read all of them
@eufalesio1146
3 ай бұрын
Clades/species I find funny: Han solo Ornithischia Saurischia Mini mum, Mini scule, Mini ature Agra vation, Agra cadabra Binburrum zapdos Pison eu Mmm mmm Magnapaulia Greggorymorpha Anatotitan Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Boops boops Ia io Hypatoarchon anaxecumenes 3 of those are fake.
@Vykerocha
3 ай бұрын
Considering that scientists are a bunch of nerd, Han Solo sounds like a real one. Like Hotwheels sisifus.
@IC1101-Capinatator
3 ай бұрын
“Greggorymorpha”, “Mmm mmm” and “Hypatoarchon” are the fake ones, right?
@thomicrisler9855
3 ай бұрын
Please tell me Mmm mmm is a fake one
@Vinvininhk
3 ай бұрын
Can't believe Boops Boops is real, but it is! It's a fish and it's pronounced Bo-ops Bo-ops meaning Ox-eyed in Greek
@lextorcreeper4474
3 ай бұрын
One of the fakes is town somewhere in europe
@StuffandThings_
3 ай бұрын
Soooo as a botany nerd I must say you missed out on the absolute GOLD MINE that is Plantae: some of my favorites: Amorphophallus titanum (giant shapeless penis) Clitoria fragrans (nice smelling clitoris) Costus ricus (while the name doesn't mean anything special when translated, it just so happens to come from... you guessed it... Costa Rica. Someone clearly saw a golden opportunity and took it) Diospyros virginiana (Virginian divine food (for those wondering, Persimmons are... decent. Definitely a bit overhyped in the name)) Heliamphora minor (small marsh vase. Nothing too crazy on this one but I just find it charming) There's guaranteed a ton more but taxonomy is just so mind bogglingly massive (IIRC most of Wikipedia articles are taxonomy related) that I can't remember any more fun ones off the top of my head so here ya go! edit: forgot one of my favorites! Encephalartos horridus, the spiny bread-in-the-head (sounds like a Shakespearean insult lmao)
@RickRaptor105
2 ай бұрын
A few years ago they named a new abelisaurid theropod Kurupi itaata. Kurupi is a god of fertility and sex and the fossil was found near a love hotel. The species name means "rock-hard". EDIT: Though admittedly that language isn't Latin.
@zzineohp
3 ай бұрын
"Schlineohp" was absolutely "Schlabbergasted"
@MysticalyAutistic
2 ай бұрын
What does this mean?
@Tufhhuyy
2 ай бұрын
I cannot believe what I'm reading
@disguysaysda4708
2 ай бұрын
wow…
@funky555
2 ай бұрын
please dont tell the scientific community about schlatt
@Jpteryx
2 ай бұрын
Favorites: *Brontosaurus excelsus* "noble thunder lizard" *Eoraptor lunensis* "dawn bird of prey from (the Valley of the) Moon" *Livyatan melvillei* "Melville (author of Moby Dick)'s leviathan" (it's a sperm whale that ate sharks and whales) *Bulbasaurus phylloxyron* "bulbous lizard leaf razor," which officially refers to the bulbs on its skull and its razor-like beak. But the discoverer has implied that the name may also come from the Pokémon Bulbasaur, which looks a lot like this prehistoric animal, so the binomial could be interpreted as translating to "Bulbasaur Razor Leaf." Least favorites: *Pelagornis miocaenus* "Miocene seabird," which is accurate but completely ignores this gigantic bird's 20-foot wingspan *Thanos simonattoi* because the genus name is just the Marvel character Thanos. It's a very poorly preserved dinosaur that had vestigial arms, so it wouldn't even be able to snap. (some small corrections:) You reversed the etymology of Cenaspis 4:32 Sarsamphiascus is a copepod, not a crab 5:15
@Sepi-chu_loves_moths
3 ай бұрын
What did the poor vampire squid do to get these names, theyre just an goober that does nothing much other than drift around and filter feed 😔 theyre not even a squid theyre more closely related to octopus
@zzineohp
3 ай бұрын
@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths well weve always equated the ocean floor with hell, (hence the Abyssal and Hadal zones), and I think they call it Vampire cause of the connective tissue looks like a cloak
@melvinshaw7574
3 ай бұрын
Basically, because it's a deep-dwelling spiky boi whose cloak would be a wonderful inspiration for a Castlevania villain if they weren't like negative four inches long
@metarcee2483
2 ай бұрын
They look like Bela Lugosi's Dracula.
@tessabakker662
2 ай бұрын
No mention of that big spider officially named as *Hotwheels* *sisyphus?*
@Streetcleanergaming
Ай бұрын
I mean... it's accurate to what evolution did to it it does look like a hot wheels track in there and sisaphus is obvious
@Prehistorica
2 ай бұрын
I study a group of fossil panarthropods called lobopodians, and some of them have some really neat names. Hadranax augustus "Stout king of august" Xenusion auerswaldae "Auerswald's Stranger" Pambdelurion whittingtoni "Whittington's All-loathsome One" Ovatiovermis cribratus "Sieve worm giving a standing ovation" Helenodora inopinata "Helen's unexpected gift" Omnidens amplus "All-tooth giant" Amplectobelua trispinata "Hug-monster with three spines" Also Beorn leggi, named after Beorn, the bear from lord of the rings Theres also lots of related palaeozoic arthropods with fun names, with two of my favourites being Xandarella spectaculum "Fabulous little sea monster with glasses", and Cindarella eucalla, for its phonetic similarity to Xandarella, and eucalla for "beautiful"
@caseslayer115
2 ай бұрын
Theres a bacteriophage named Minosphrime after the ultrakill boss of a similar name known as Minos Prime. It still cracks me up when I hear about it just because it survives a ridiculously high ethanol content than most bacteriophages can handle
@AWSMcube
3 ай бұрын
-Aptostichus barackobamai, the Barack Obama trapdoor spider -Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a moth with scales on its head that looks like Trump's hair -Tetragramma donaldtrumpi, which sounds straight up biblical
@paleozoey
3 ай бұрын
also obamadon, a fossil lizard they named after obama
@Flesh_Wizard
2 ай бұрын
Obama spider sounds like a meme from 2019 lmao
@Archimedes.5000
2 ай бұрын
@@Flesh_Wizardoh no I just remembered about the Obunga, someone really needs to name a giant cockroach species "obama"
@taiko1237
3 ай бұрын
There's this one extinct lorikeet from some Pacific islands that has the scientific name of _Vini vidivici_ and the common name of 'Conquered lorikeet'. Which has to be up there.
@LieseFury
Ай бұрын
ursus arctus horribilis, the grizzly bear, was robbed. it means "bear bear horrible".
@WasThisMail
3 ай бұрын
wonderful video that had me absolutely cackling I must point out that the day do drop this video scientist named a prehistoric reptile “Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis” That mouth full of a genus name, translates to “fish catching crocodile”, because catching fish is such a great way to distinguish a crocodile
@burridi
Ай бұрын
“Phloeodes diabolicus” also known as the “Hellburnt Diabolical Ironclad Beatle” who’s exoskeleton is so strong that they can survive being run over by cars :)
@thedeadguy466
25 күн бұрын
The best scientific name is actually 'Maip', which means: 'the shadow of death that kills with the cold wind'. So...
@LivvyTube24
2 ай бұрын
Read a book about animals once for a non-fiction reading assignment. The name "rattus rattus" for the black rat had me just about dying.
@sicksock435446
2 ай бұрын
Your tone of voice when you said 'submissive' at 1:30 killed me...
@achillesthesnek4892
2 ай бұрын
I love how some dinosaurs are called "no mate lizard", and then there's "the shadow that kills" or "Fears nothing".
@ErebusTheDragonn
2 ай бұрын
_Tyrannasorus rex_, a species of beetle There’s a trio of beetles named after the legendary birds from Pokémon, _Boops boops_ (apparently it’s pronounced “bow-ops bow-ops” but that’s not fun) The genus of lizards with elongated ribs they use to glide being named “Draco” is fucking awesome and nobody can tell me otherwise
@jaschabull2365
2 ай бұрын
Ahh yes, gotta love those gliding dragons.
@CathodeRayKobold
2 ай бұрын
Gary Larson is famous for unintentionally naming the Thagomizer, but he also has a louse named after him--Strigiphilus Garylarsoni.
@iLikeTheUDK
3 ай бұрын
There's a genus of spider called Apopyllus, and someone made what I think is the best thing to do in the situation and named a newly discovered species in the genus "now"
@charlesoconnor4053
3 ай бұрын
2:35 DETROIT MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️
@lucasbrelivet5238
3 ай бұрын
It seems like gorillas are very much gorillas.
@eleazarloyo8473
2 ай бұрын
4:01 I agree with Sam O'Nella on this one. The scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is quite good because it's funny.
@haticeebrar8253
29 күн бұрын
i love Aha ha because when i first learnt about it i thought it was really funny, and as i was laughing i realized i was quite literally reading its name out loud which made me laugh even more and i was saying it again and so on so forth. i was stuck in a horrible cycle of breathless laughter until my monitor shut off and i had chest pain the next two days. it was beautiful
@tbatinyboyanimation9333
3 ай бұрын
Hey, where's Biggus Dickus? /j
@zzineohp
3 ай бұрын
What's wrong with that name? Do you find it Risible When I say the name Biggus Dickus?
@taiko1237
3 ай бұрын
@@zzineohp Welease Bwian
@felixt808
25 күн бұрын
@@zzineohp does anyone know me momma stinkus ?
@nathanlevesque7812
2 ай бұрын
I always liked cephalopod just meaning head foot, or foot head, especially because most of their limbs are considered to be 'arms' and none of them are legs (even though that makes marginally more sense and is more consistent with mollusc appendage names).
@lemonlemonoflemonlemon8057
2 ай бұрын
My favourite is the giant corpse flower Amorphophallus titanum, meaning titanic misshapen penis, which somehow very accurately describes what it looks like.
@zeaqua1766
3 ай бұрын
I can’t believe you haven’t mentioned hotwheels sisyphus 😔
@AJarOfYams
2 ай бұрын
2:09 that got a chuckle out of me, well played
@Leo-j2p4m
19 күн бұрын
David Attenborough had a marine species of pliosaur named after him known as attenborosaurus
@the.aardvark
3 ай бұрын
This is the best thumbnail I've ever seen.
@bauz5565
2 ай бұрын
What a shitty way to find out Neil Gayman has assault allegations.
@the_chosen_one5642
3 ай бұрын
Cant believe he didn't mention Han solo
@nernguan995
3 ай бұрын
Hotwheels Sisyphus better be on here.
@lithunoisan
3 ай бұрын
😔.
@amypotter8519
2 ай бұрын
2:49 "What about extinct animals? Well irritator comes to min-" 💀
@minecraft_by_oz
2 ай бұрын
There is a genus of Beatles named after Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. I heard about this years ago and I still am bugged (pun not intended) by this.
@myfaceismyshield5963
14 күн бұрын
More specifically many of them are the common Latin name and the latinized Greek name. Some of the common Latin names also etymologically come from Greek, but it starts from what was considered Latin or Greek. And then sub species are usually descriptive with a Latin common name and an adjective or a locative (the name of a place where you would find that species, it's actually more common for flora than for fauna) The issue is that since the 1920s, Latin teaching has been in decline and most biologists don't know Latin anymore, so those dummies keep giving things really stupid names that don't actually describe the species at all. The scientific names themselves are supposed to explain things about the species, but biologists don't even understand that these days. It is pretty upsetting.
@hashbrown777
2 ай бұрын
2:27 "oh I thought pediatry was for feet. Pedestrian? Ped?" "No, that's podiatry" "You just said the same word" "Sure, but I spelled it different"
@Koi_-sm9fw
2 ай бұрын
In my childhood, I thought scientists made shit up when naming creatures. Turns out I was right all along.
@vampyricon7026
3 ай бұрын
The thing I like about your videos is that they're quick 10-minute videos with something new and interesting. Good video, though I'd suggest Homo sapiens, since we all know how wise humans are.
@aleksandrakrolak
Ай бұрын
Smok wawelski - fully correct in Polish grammar meaning "Dragon from Wawel (hill)"
@LarryTL
9 күн бұрын
who knew slime from the yard was so knowledgeable in this sorta thing
@csolisr
2 ай бұрын
Hopefully by now, people of science have learned their lesson and banned naming animal species after people or cultures because dear lord
@arvonoon
2 ай бұрын
I love how you talk it really tickles my brain
@Runix1
2 ай бұрын
I'm personally a big fan of Zuul crurivastator. Zuul, Destroyer of Shins
@retnoartanti1976
2 ай бұрын
Did you forget Myxococcus (that welsh village)ensis?
@hautejester
13 күн бұрын
one of the videos of all time
@LoraCoggins
26 күн бұрын
Omg how could you not forget the entire genius of David Bowie spiders!?!?!?
@prkp7248
19 күн бұрын
My favorite of weird name is "Dziwneono weewaa" which is species of Australian hemiptera Insect. It was named by polish scientist, and in Polish it means "it is strange" or literally "weird they" and weewaa just sound ridiculous, but it's just name of town near site in which it was discovered.
@ZunkleFunkle
2 ай бұрын
There's a family of Australian beetles that are Binburrum Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres in recognition of the three legendary Pokémon, so while not necessarily the best, I enjoy the names and wanted to give them a shout out.
@lmap05_REAL
2 ай бұрын
Hotwheels Sysyphus and MinosPhrime (a bacteriophage, but still a silly name) come to mind.
@JohnyBurningson
2 ай бұрын
Creature of ethanol…
@nuniyoa
3 ай бұрын
how about the bajacalifornia slickhead? holy guacamole they didn't even TRY with that one
@festivevacancy
26 күн бұрын
4:08 I just imagine this wasp saying that to my face right before it stings me.
@pedrotadeu5048
2 ай бұрын
ludodactylus beeing named after the toys is a nice homage
@lorenzreiher1407
2 ай бұрын
Oviously you have not yet heard of how cats are named. A cat must have three different names. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey- All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter- But all of them sensible everyday names, But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum- Names that never belong to more than one cat. But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover- But The cat himself knows, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular name.
@zzineohp
2 ай бұрын
@@lorenzreiher1407 did I just get Catsed in my own comment section
@mrbartinio
Ай бұрын
Immaculate pacing with this video
@ianmccourry9337
2 ай бұрын
So some scientists split Vampire squid into 2 different species, with Vampiroteuthis infernalis being the original one, and the new one being called Vampiroteuthus sudoinfernalis, which is kinda lame. But it is infinantly better than what they originally named it in the preprint, which was Vampiroteuthis southchinaseais.
@SupersuMC
2 ай бұрын
The type species of the genus _Bassariscus, Bassariscus astutus,_ translates to "clever little fox."
@Dinoguy7120
16 күн бұрын
There is a mantis named after the wild kratts
@EnzomusPrime
3 ай бұрын
_Pheidole megatron_ and _Pheidole decepticon_ - two Transformers-named ants in the same genus.
@StuffandThings_
2 ай бұрын
I want to see a nest of each fight
@absurdum-the-artist
16 күн бұрын
“Beautiful indigestion” was way too relatable
@averynelson1186
2 ай бұрын
To be fair, that thing does look like an ox deer goat camel.
@DreadEnder
2 ай бұрын
Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis The guy who has been studying t for over 20 years still can’t pronounce it.
@TheREALSmaug
2 ай бұрын
Maip: The large chested shadow of death that kill with the cold wind
@arandomidiot1593
7 күн бұрын
Lapsias lorax. A jumping spider named after the lorax. I learned this exists today so I want to share it.
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